Alright I know I promised this time would only be not nationally elected stupid people, but turns out, I suck ass at predicting the future. So because nationally elected people keep saying stupid shit, I'm afraid I'm going to have to do just one more nationally elected person......or more to the point, that person again.
Because it turns out, that in just 24 hours, Senator Tom Cotton has managed to get himself, not 1 but 2 more nominations for stupidest person of the week.....and I believe set the all time record for most nominations by a single person in a single week.....
New nomination #1. Tom Cotton is now authoring a bill that would punish any country that had accepted a prisoner transfer from Gitmo by cutting off all aid to that country. Which is includes such members of the axis of terror as "The United Kingdom" "France" "Canada" "Germany" "Denmark" "Sweden" "Spain" "Switzerland" "Australia" "Italy" "Saudi Arabia" "Ireland" "Portugal" "Belgium" "Turkey" and of course "The United States of America", many of which only took the transfers as a favor to either the Obama or Bush administrations.
Cause you know, kicking our allies and ourselves in the balls is generally accepted as a good idea.....
New nomination #2.
Ok, so this will require a quick explanation. As you may know Bibi Netanyahu just won reelection as Prime Minster. However, a couple of days before the election Bibi walked away from his support for a "two state solution" to the Palestinian/Israeli issues, presumably to try to win support. Pretty much 90 seconds after the polls closed Netanyahu then flip flopped on that and back to allegedly favoring a two state solution.
Now since that is probably the single most important issues in Israeli politics, that is an almost earthshattering double flip flop.
Which has lead to multiple governments issuing statements worried about if they can trust Bibi. Including our own.
Per our state department: "the administration is “currently evaluating our approach” to the recently reelected Netanyahu"
Apprently this statement bothered Senator Tom Cotton who had this to say about it
“While Prime Minister Netanyahu won a decisive victory, he still has just started assembling a governing majority coalition. These kinds of quotes from Israel’s most important ally could very well startle some of the smaller parties and their leaders with whom Prime Minister Netanyahu is currently in negotiations.”
So yea, it seems Tom Cotton is bothered by people with no role in negotiations doing or saying anything that might interfere with those negotiations.
Makes you wonder what he would have to say to the 47 Senators who following the lead of a guy named Tom Cotton and wrote a letter widely precieved as treasonous to interfere with negotiations that the senate had no part of....
Anyways, now finally moving on to the promised unelected portion of this week in stupid.
And we start this section off with Dr. Ben Carson, who is allegedly running for president....and clearly the front runner to be the next Herman Cain, as he proved with this exchange with radio Host Hugh Hewitt
"HH: The Baltic states are very nervous, and we have troops in the Baltic states. Ought NATO to be willing to go to war if Putin attempts in the Baltic states anything like he’s attempted in Ukraine?
BC: I think they would be willing to go to war if they knew that they were backed up by us. I think part of the problem throughout the world right now is that our allies cannot be 100% certain that we’re behind them."
Well given that we are not only part of NATO but provide the majority of the money and equipment for NATO.....yea I think we can safely assume we will back up ourselves......it seems Dr. Carson is unaware the US is in NATO....and it's not going to get any better
"HH: And so should we have that sort of commitment, that if Putin makes a move on the Baltic states, we’d go to war?
BC: Well, if we have them involved in NATO. We need to convince them to get involved in NATO and strengthen NATO."
Now if you dont know anything about the world, Carson makes a really good point....however if you do know something.,..well actually you know what, Imma let Mr. Hewitt handle this one
"HH: Well, the Baltics, they are in NATO. So that’s, we’ll come back after the break and continue that conversation. And Poland’s in NATO, and we’ll talk about what that means with Dr. Ben Carson doing foreign affairs on the Hugh Hewitt Show."
Yea....and for the record Dr. Carson, its not a good sign when the radio host has to tell you the country he wants to ask you about next is in NATO, so as you wont look like a moron again. Except he failed, as here's more from later in the show
"HH: But Dr. Carson, one of the things I know that’s going to come up, and again, I don’t do ambush interviews, but when it appeared you didn’t know that the Baltic states were a part of NATO, or where you date the…
BC: Well, when you were saying Baltic state, I thought you were continuing our conversation about the former components of the Soviet Union. Obviously, there’s only three Baltic states.
HH: Right, and they’re all part of NATO.
BC: Right."
So where to begin? Either Doc Carson doesnt understand the difference between the Baltic States and the Eastern Bloc and/or Warsaw Pact. Or Carson doesnt know that ALL of the Warsaw Pact countries (excluding the USSR) have also joined NATO in addition to not knowing the Baltic States had joined.
In either case, someone might want to get him a plane ticket to Uzibecibeckistanstan with Herman Cain.......
Next up. our first of two locally elected politicians/groups, New Hampshire Republicans.
Ok so a group of 4th graders asked the NH legislature to consider making the Red Tailed Hawk the State Raptor of New Hampshire.
This is literally the least contentious bill that can exist. This should be the easiest vote in the world. Or so the 4th graders thought as they went to the state house to see it pass.....only to see this happen:
First State Republican Rep Warren Groen: "It grasps them with its talons then uses its razor sharp beak to basically tear it apart limb by limb, and I guess the shame about making this a state bird is it would serve as a much better mascot for Planned Parenthood."
Then Republican Rep. John Burt: "Bottom line, if we keep bringing more of these bills, and bills, and bills forward that really I think we shouldn't have in front of us, we'll be picking a state hot dog next."
Because you know.....no matter what you actually think of the bill ridiculing 4th graders for bringing it to you is a GREAT idea. Also really....now we have the slippery slop argument that recognizing Hakws will lead to legal recognition of Hot Dogs and more abortions??? REALLY?
Next up, our second locally elected nominee of the week: Nevada Republican Assemblywoman Michele Fiore, who was attempting to defend the proposed voter ID bill from charges of being racially discriminatory when she said this:
"But I can tell you the great respect I have for my peer Mr. Munford for being the first colored man to graduate from his college, We’re in 2015 and we have a black president, in case anyone didn’t notice. So the color and the race issue; I think it’s time that we put that to rest?"
Golly Gee Wilikers. I cant understand what all the fuss is about? It seems to me the little lady has made a good point. I mean shucks, we let them colored go to college now. I thought I'd be danged before I ever saw that happen. and Gee Wiz I thought I'd never see the day one of them became president......
Meanwhile for those of us NOT STUCK in 1965's vocabulary, a pro tip to the assembly woman....when claiming something isnt racist, might be a good idea NOT to use a term that dates back to jim crow and hasnt been in vogue since....
Also I love the logic here. If, before the law was passed, something happened, there is no way to pass a law that might prevent such a thing from happening again.
Except of course that is the entire point of pretty much every law ever passed.....to prevent something that already happened from happening again. So the only possible interpretation of her comment is that, since we all ready had our black president, we dont need another one for them colored folks because they wont be so uppity anymore......
So yea, congrats assembly woman, I think you did a great job at proving why some people might be worried about this bill being intended to have a racial bias.
Now you may have noticed I havnt named a winner yet.....and theirs a reason for that. I havnt gotten to them yet. Because of having to insert those extra comments from Senator Treason...err Cotton, it seems I am going to actually need a part 3 to cover all the stupid of the last week (and slightly more)
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